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The Jewel River in Musashi Province (Bu Tamagawa), cut from one sheet of an untitled harimaze series of Famous Places in Edo


江戸名所張交 「武玉河」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Yamadaya Shôjirô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Harimaze, cut from vertical aiban sheet; 9.7 x 15.5 cm (3 13/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.8881
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 242, aiban #18 (series of 17 prints, not listed individually); Matsuki 1939, #591 (uncut sheet)
DescriptionFrom a harimaze sheet with five designs, including one calligraphy and four pictures.

MFA impressions: 06.761a (courtesan only), 21.8881 (Tamagawa only), 21.8882 (courtesan only), RES.54.18 (uncut sheet)
Signed (seal only)
Marks Artist's seal: Ryûsai